Stable



(No Model.)

G. A. KNIGHT.

STABLE. No. 285,759. Patented Sept 25, 1883.

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GEORGE A. KNIGHT, OF LAMARTINE, PENNSYLVANIA.

STABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent.No. 285,759,

dated September 25, 1883.

Application filed April 28, 1883. (No model'.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE A. KNIGHT, acitizen of the United States, residing at Lamartine, in the county ofClarion and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stables; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame reference 1 being had to the accompanying drawings, and

and by the rack-partitions to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a longitudinal sectionalview of my device, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

This invention has relation to stables for cattle and horses and itconsists in the 0011- struction and novel arrangement of devices, ashereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates the foundation-wall of thebuilding, which is usually made about three feet high, and is surmountedby the sills B, on which the uprights which support the wall and loftare placed. The plan of the building is usually rectangular, the designbeing to arrange the stalls around a well or water-supply, so that thecattle can be fed and watered from the center. tition-walls O, whichseparate the mangers, D in rear thereof, said rack-partitions traversingthe rear portion of the stallway, which is wide enough to allow a wagonto pass through the stalls in V rear of the mangers.

The rack-partitions consist of the perforated uprights E and theround-end rails F,

which engage the perforations of the uprights,

The stalls are separated by the par-' of the cattle, a verticalstop-bar, G, is ap plied behind the upright E, to which thepartition-wall O is attached, said stop-bar being secured in position bymeans of a staple, a, secured at the lower end of the uprights E, toreceive the lower end of the said stop-bar, which is secured at itsupper end by means of a latch or other common fastening above, so thatit can be easily removed when it is desired to lay the rails down or toadjust them in higher position.

g H H represent perforated uprights, through which pass the rods orbolts Kfwhich support the inangers L. These rods or bolts K areadjustable, in order that the mangers may be raised or lowered,according to require ment.

In front of and above the manger is an adjustable guard-bar, M, whichis. connected to the uprights H by suitable bolts, and serves to preventthe cattle from climbing into the mangers, or upon the feedingfloor P,which is connected to the sills which are next to the mangers, as shownin. the drawings.

Usually it is designed to raise the ground slightly underthe mangers, sothat it shall slope gradually from the head toward the outer end of thestall. A fair drainage is thus provided, so that the manure is kept ingood condition. It is not designed that the manure shall be removedduring the winter, and as it accumulates the floor of each stall israised, so that at intervals the mangers and rackpartitions require tobe adjusted to higher positions. The manure becomes well packed andforms a solid floor or bed for each stall. At the end of the seasom whenthe animals are turned out, wagons are driven through the stable and themanure is removed for purposes of fertilization, for which it isremarkably well fitted, having been kept in good condition throughoutthe winter.

I am aware that adjustable troughs have been heretofore used, some ofwhichh. ve been employed in sheep-racks, and raised and lowered for thedifferent heights of stock' by means of pulleys and ropes withbalance-weights, the troughs sliding in guideways, and therefore I donot claim such devices.

Having described this invention, what I claim; and'desire to secure byLetters Patent, adjustable guard-bar M, and mangers L, all I0 isconstructed and adapted to operate substan- 1. The combination, with theperforated uptially as specified.

rights and the rails forming the rack-parti- In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in tions between the stalls, of the stop-barandpresence of two witnesses.

its fastenings, substantially as specified. GEORGE A. KNIGHT.

2.7 The combination, in a barn or stable of WVitnesses:

the partition-Walls O, perforated uprights H, O. F. MONUTT,

arranged as described, the rods or bolts K, the 131120. MUNGEN.

